Ukulele Festival

Today I had the chance to play in the 40th annual Ukulele Festival on Oahu, and it was so much fun! While solo performances can be nerve-wracking, being able to play amongst a bunch of happy smiling fellow ukulele players kept me in good spirits throughout our performance, even though my ukulele slipped out from under my arm during a song. =) The highlight of the festival was the final performance by Jake Shimabukuro, who is such an engaging performer.

Moving on to food, we had pretty standard Hawaiian plate lunches at the festival, meaning rice, meat, and a macaroni salad - so almost no veggies at all. For dinner we tried to make up for our veggie-less lunch: we had a salad of mahi-mahi sashimi over spinach, and a baked tofu dish with lots of tomatoes, eggplant, and basil. I love veggies.